[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1566957] Re: Sloppy focus mode broken in 16.04 beta2

2016-04-06 Thread Yoav Weiss
Adding more info: The problem is that what's visible as the root window isn't really the root window. It has some X client running on top of it, so it gets the focus as the mouse enters it. I verified this by running xkill and clicking the root window. It actually killed something, which wouldn

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1566957] Re: Sloppy focus mode broken in 16.04 beta2

2016-04-06 Thread Yoav Weiss
I'm testing it with the latest 16.04 update, running Unity. I open a terminal, move the mouse into it, so it focuses and I can type into the terminal. Then I move the mouse out of the window, to the root window (no other window exists). I see the terminal lose focus, and if I type anything, the

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1566957] [NEW] Sloppy focus mode broken in 16.04 beta2

2016-04-06 Thread Yoav Weiss
Public bug reported: Switching to "sloppy" focus mode doesn't work and behaves like "mouse mode". I switched using unity-tweak-tool by going to Workspace Settings -> Additional -> Focus mode. Both "mouse" and "sloppy" result in the same behavior, with focus following mouse and not focusing on an

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1081518] Re: Chromium-browser package is outdated and poses a security risk

2012-11-21 Thread Yoav Weiss
I'm aware of the third party PPA workaround, but: a) I'm not really sure it can be trusted (I don't know Alex Shkop, sorry) b) I'm certain most people install Chromium from Canonical's repositories rather than PPA (Official or non-official). These people browse the Web with browsers that have kno

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1081518] [NEW] Chromium-browser package is outdated and poses a security risk

2012-11-21 Thread Yoav Weiss
*** This bug is a security vulnerability *** Public security bug reported: The current chromium-browser version in 12.04 is outdated (http://packages.ubuntu.com/precise/chromium-browser is at version 18 when current version is 23). That were most probably security vulnerabilities that where fix